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MobiusPay COO Jonathan Corona Masterminds Processing, Compliance
For Jonathan Corona, 2023 marks two decades in the adult industry. Over the past 20 years, he has ascended to the role of chief operating officer for acclaimed high-risk payment processor MobiusPay and become a regular at trade shows, where he offers hard-won wisdom on panels.
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Gaming Adult Levels Up as Emerging Market Rises
The three founders of Gaming Adult began their ecommerce journey in 2005, running a successful email business with CEO Porco Rosso as the driving force behind the team.
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Fanwire Streamlines Creator Work With Tech, Services
As an industry veteran and founder of NMG Management, Megan Stokes is no stranger to fast-tracking monetization for brands and creators of all kinds, whether they are big studios or independent talent looking for time-saving strategies and business development insights.
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Vendo Leverages AI Tech, Global Expertise for Clients
From inception, Vendo has focused on overcoming five main roadblocks that can prevent an interested shopper from turning into a paying customer: language, pricing and currency, customer service, payment methods, and fraud and risk management.
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Glamcore Goes Gay With Fresh Paysite Rod's Room
An exploratory pilot episode for what would become the burgeoning new all-male paysite RodsRoom.com first came to life several years ago, under the expansive artistic vision of Adult Time CCO Bree Mills and co-directors Michael Vegas and Siouxsie Q.
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Q&A: JustFor.fans Blazes Trails with Community-Centric Innovation
JustFor.fans founder Dominic Ford is a determined leader in the marketplace of fan platforms, fueled by an insatiable desire to be as innovative on a technological level as on a community level.
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FinXP Expands Its Reach With Payment Innovations
Founded in 2014 by Stefan Haenel, Jens Podewski and Michael Kramer, FinXP was originally known as Paymentworld Europe.
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Brad Mitchell Flexes Tech Muscle With New MojoHost Data Center
In his pursuit of meeting the adult industry’s unique hosting needs with the high-tech yin-and-yang harmony that MojoHost’s colorful logo promises, Brad Mitchell has spared no expense with his new Detroit, Michigan data center.
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Ricky Johnson On Slaying the Indie Paysite Game
A few months ago, astute porn observers noticed a new paysite player in town. Well, not exactly “new,” but most definitely a player. Adult star Ricky Johnson, popular both with fans and other performers, had launched a new venture called Ricky’s Room.
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Q&A: Fantasy Digital Unlocks Blockchain Business Potential for Creators
Fantasy Digital owner and co-founder Lorilee Fedler seeks to cultivate a blockchain-powered content creation ecosystem that leverages the latest advances in crypto, metaverse-ready tech and a platform primed for the decentralized next phase of the internet, also known as Web3.
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Corey Silverstein Reflects on His Journey From Webmaster to Legal Eagle
Whenever an adult business journalist needs expert commentary on a legal or political development concerning our ever-evolving industry, Corey Silverstein is happy to oblige.
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Q&A: Homegrown Video Reflects on Four Decades of Success
Long before the massive surge in popularity for indie content via camming, clips and premium social media — heck, even long before the internet itself — amateur video content was already one of the most popular genres in the adult entertainment business.
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Q&A: SugarBounce Blockchain Outfit Aims High With Web3 Ambitions
With the booming creator economy, the rise of decentralized financing in the form of cryptocurrencies and the underlying blockchain tech that binds a complex ecosystem of digital ledgers, SugarBounce is capitalizing on emerging trends to position itself aggressively for the future.
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ChiChiLaRaw: Veteran Director Launches Eponymous Paysite With a Twist
The veteran director Chi Chi LaRue is a survivor, having spent nearly 40 years helming every possible genre and subgenre of adult and riding out numerous market trends that blaze brightly and then burn out just as quickly.
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Broker.xxx Founder Juicy Jay Masters Art of Buying, Selling Adult Properties
Over 23 years ago, Juicy Jay started in the adult industry as an affiliate marketer. He dropped out of college to focus full-time on his burgeoning career, then leveraged a $300 website acquisition into a million-dollar business.
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Q&A: FansRevenue Helps Creators Monetize Affiliate Offers
Getting the most out of flourishing business opportunities is challenging for content creators, but FansRevenue believes that with the right tools, the only limit to talent success is ambition.
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Q&A: Fitcher Platform Cultivates All-Inclusive Creator Community
Legrand Wolf, the co-founder and co-creator of Carnal Media and recently launched streaming service Carnal Plus, is on the phone with XBIZ to discuss the launch of new fan site Fitcher and he’s eager to provide a progress report.
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Pokmi Unlocks XXX Blockchain With NFTs, Crypto and Creativity
Staking a claim at the blockchain-based intersection of decentralized finance, nonfungible tokens and a thriving digital content creator economy, The Poken Company is generating plenty of buzz with slick marketing and cross-platform services.
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Q&A: Elevated X Equips Creators, Brands With All-Inclusive CMS Services
After 17 years as an enterprise software company, Elevated X runs a well-oiled operation when it comes to building and managing adult websites, especially since the majority of its core team has worked together nearly since inception.
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Q&A: Nafty Offers Creators NFT Marketplace With Diverse Array of Monetization
Ever since non-fungible tokens, aka NFTs, seized headlines with their unique form of collectible-like digital ownership based on blockchain technology, many brands and creators have tapped into the phenomenon with gusto.
